German guns reinforced by captured Norwegian 12 cm howitzers from the armoury in Trondheim, and the next day one of the three 10.5 cm guns at the fortress was knocked out.[39] During the siege, a total of over 2,300 shells rained down on Hegra Fortress.[

As the Norwegian were going through the area to seize German arms and equipment, they found the German Gefreiter Hugo Bayerle. Bayerle had been hit in both thighs, with one of his thigh-bones broken in half,